You never know what you are going to encounter here in
Thailand, or what amazing feats the people are going to be able to do. Today
after school I came out and this guy who is kind of like the janitor but takes
care of all sorts of things around the school was up in a tree getting down
this type of nut I would call it. They call the nut “mat” and they chew it like
gum. I tried it once and it was awful. I told them it was going to make me puke
and they laughed at how well I pronounced the word for puke in Thai. Then I was
allowed to go and spit it out.
Anyways, this guy had climbed up the tree just like a monkey
and was picking the nuts in bunches and dropping them down. He climbed at least
3 different trees before he said he was too tired to climb the next one. I was
so impressed by his climbing skills. Later in the day I saw a child practicing
climbing a tent pole with the same technique. The child was maybe five or six
years old and made it to the top and was swinging from the cross beam.
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| he caught me taking this one and smiled |
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